Scenario

You have more than one Skype account and need to be able to login to both accounts simultaneously.

Solution

Navigate to the Skype folder. Usually something like: C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone

Right click on Skype.exe > Click Create shortcut. If necessary save the shortcut to the Desktop

Right click on the newly created shortcut > Click Rename and give the shortcut an appropriate name (e.g. Personal)

Once again right click on the shortcut > Click Properties and enter the following into the Target field, changing USERNAME and PASSWORD for your Skype username and password:"C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary /nosplash /username=USERNAME /password=PASSWORD /legacylogin
***Note – Make sure this is pasted without any line breaks
/legacylogin is only necessary for Windows XP and Vista

Change the Run field to Minimized

Click Apply and then Click OK

Repeat the process above for any other Skype accounts you have

Finally, right click on each of the shortcuts created and Click Pin to Taskbar

Here’s the scenario. You don’t live in the good old U.S.A., but you do want Google Chrome to use: google.com for your searches.

The solution

Open Google Chrome

Click the wrench icon (top right hand corner)

Click Options

Click Basics (left hand column)

Click Manage Search Engines

In Other search engines add the following (there are 3 fields)Field 1 – Add a new search engine:Google USAField 2 – Keyword:google.comField 3 – URL with %s in place of query:http://www.google.com/search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s***Note – Make sure this is pasted without any spaces or line breaks

Click Enter to save the URL

With the mouse, hover over the new entry that you’ve just created and click on the Make default button

UPDATE: I’ve found a new extension which is working well for me. It’s called HeaderToolsLite and you can get it here: HeaderToolsLite.

Years ago a great little extension called TB Header Tools was developed that allows you to change the email headers when using Thunderbird. This is great for when someone sends you an email without a subject line. I really wish this functionality was native to Thunderbird, but it’s yet to appear as a feature.

Unfortunately the TB Header Tools extension hasn’t been updated for years, so the official version is all but useless. However, where there’s a will there’s a way. Here’s how I got it working again in Thunderbird 6.